Police: Armed, masked men robbed elderly woman in her Seattle home

Published 9:00 am, Thursday, December 5, 2013

Seattle police are searching for three men suspected of forcing their way into an 83-year-old woman’s home and robbing her at gunpoint.

Shortly before 7:50 p.m. on Wednesday, the gunmen forced their way into a home in the 4900 block of 28th Avenue South. Police responded, but the men had already fled.

According to police, the elderly woman was home alone using her computer when the armed, masked men forced their way through her front door.

The men held guns to the woman’s head and chest while dragging her around the house demanding money, a police spokesman said in a statement. She gave them a small amount of cash; the men then took her jewelry and may have stolen other items.